Allmond, William Stewart, 1891-1973
Existence: 1891 - 1973
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 1973
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
W. Stewart Allmond, 1969 June 10, July 3
Found in:
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1970-370, Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
Series — Box: 2, Reel: 31
Identifier: 1970-370
Scope and Content:
Interviewers: John Scafidi and Faith Pizor in Newark, Delaware
Allmond's interviews detail the work environment at the Wilmington plant site in the early 1900s until the 1940s; various markets for car wheels; the expansion of the company and acquisition of Morton Poole Company and Nazel Engineering Works; and the effects of the Great Depression on Lobdell, which led to the company's purchase by Walter Lippincott and the United Engineering and Foundry Company in the late 1940s.
Allmond's interviews detail the work environment at the Wilmington plant site in the early 1900s until the 1940s; various markets for car wheels; the expansion of the company and acquisition of Morton Poole Company and Nazel Engineering Works; and the effects of the Great Depression on Lobdell, which led to the company's purchase by Walter Lippincott and the United Engineering and Foundry Company in the late 1940s.
Dates:
1969 June 10; July 3
